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Protesters trigger chaos during LA City Council vote on banning homeless encampments near schools
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Use them for target practice
Aug 10, 2022, 3:09:18 AM8/10/22
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LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a ban
homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers during
a meeting that was disrupted by protesters who said it criminalizes
homelessness.
The council voted 11-3 to expand an existing ban on sitting, sleeping or
camping that currently only applies to daycare centers and schools
specified by the council.
The meeting was recessed before the vote when dozens of demonstrators
began shouting and police cleared the council chamber.
The 11-3 final vote, which applies to public and private schools, came
after two previous votes, including one last week that was also
interrupted by a protest. The measure must be signed by LA Mayor Eric
Garcetti before it takes effect.
About 750 public school sites are within the city limits, Los Angeles
Unified School District officials told the Los Angeles Times, which said
nearly 1,000 commercial day-care businesses are registered with the city.
The next public school year starts on Aug. 15.
Los Angeles is among many cities struggling to deal with a surge in
homelessness and large encampments scattered along sidewalks that have
sparked public outcry.
Supporters of the blanket ban said homeless camps are a health and safety
threat to schoolchildren, especially because of the disruptive presence of
people with drug addictions or mental illness.
Opponents, including homeless advocates, said the measure would further
criminalize homelessness.
The ban comes as several hotels are set to end their involvement in the
government's Project Roomkey, which paid them to provide hundreds of rooms
to unsheltered people.
https://abc7.com/homeless-encampments-schools-los-angeles-city-
council/12112640/
homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers during
a meeting that was disrupted by protesters who said it criminalizes
homelessness.
The council voted 11-3 to expand an existing ban on sitting, sleeping or
camping that currently only applies to daycare centers and schools
specified by the council.
The meeting was recessed before the vote when dozens of demonstrators
began shouting and police cleared the council chamber.
The 11-3 final vote, which applies to public and private schools, came
after two previous votes, including one last week that was also
interrupted by a protest. The measure must be signed by LA Mayor Eric
Garcetti before it takes effect.
About 750 public school sites are within the city limits, Los Angeles
Unified School District officials told the Los Angeles Times, which said
nearly 1,000 commercial day-care businesses are registered with the city.
The next public school year starts on Aug. 15.
Los Angeles is among many cities struggling to deal with a surge in
homelessness and large encampments scattered along sidewalks that have
sparked public outcry.
Supporters of the blanket ban said homeless camps are a health and safety
threat to schoolchildren, especially because of the disruptive presence of
people with drug addictions or mental illness.
Opponents, including homeless advocates, said the measure would further
criminalize homelessness.
The ban comes as several hotels are set to end their involvement in the
government's Project Roomkey, which paid them to provide hundreds of rooms
to unsheltered people.
https://abc7.com/homeless-encampments-schools-los-angeles-city-
council/12112640/
gymRatRedneck
Aug 11, 2022, 3:58:21 PM8/11/22
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If all it does IS affect Homeless encampments, and not, lets say, TECHIE
BATTLE WAGON CAMPERS and other dangerous alcoholic/drug-infused
riff-raff, then it DOES single out people without addresses or cars.
Bye, scumbag.
BATTLE WAGON CAMPERS and other dangerous alcoholic/drug-infused
riff-raff, then it DOES single out people without addresses or cars.
Bye, scumbag.
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